Dreams of the Fragrant River

Beijing Xizhimen, a private restaurant. (starter)

Since the reform and opening up allowed the self-employed to operate, many people in Beijing have opened restaurants. However, due to financial pressure and political concerns, these small restaurants are all opened in their own homes, and the employees are also their families.

The place where Kang Jianfei brought Gong Li was a private restaurant in an ordinary courtyard.

When the two arrived, Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou and Liu Xiaoqing were already sitting in the courtyard, talking about something interesting and laughing from time to time.

"Director Chen, Miss Liu, and photographer Zhang!" Gong Li recognized Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou at a glance. The former became famous for "The Yellow Earth" or the International Awards in the first half of the year, while the latter won the Golden Rooster Award a few days ago. Best Photography. Since Gong Li was going to apply for the Central Academy of Drama, she naturally had to pay more attention to domestic directors, photographers and actors, so she recognized the three of them as soon as she walked in.

This meal was contacted by Liu Xiaoqing in the middle, nothing more than to use Kang Jianfei's name to get closer to Chen Kaige. Although Liu Xiaoqing is famous in the mainland, he only shoots movies at the Beijing Film Studio, and he only received one filming assignment today. And Chen Kaige can eat well in Guangzhou/Xi and Shaanxi/Xi film studios. If you have a good relationship with Chen Kaige, you can take the opportunity to get to know the leaders of other film studios and increase your chances of making films.

Originally, Liu Xiaoqing was going to ask Kang Jianfei to take her to Hong Kong to make a film, but Kang Jianfei never let go, but instead gave her a sum of money. With Liu Xiaoqing's intelligence, how could he not know that Kang Jianfei was rejecting her, so he had no choice but to ask for a good domestic director, and by the way, he invited Kang Jianfei out for a meal to increase his aura.

The day before yesterday, Kang Jianfei said that he would bring some friends for dinner. Liu Xiaoqing felt that the more people the better, the more friends he could make. Happy to order a table of meals. She never thought that the friend Kang Jianfei brought was a young woman. When she saw Gong Li, the smile on her face immediately froze, because Kang Jianfei and Gong Li seemed too close.

Liu Xiaoqing was naturally not jealous, but because of Gong Li's appearance. Influenced her status as a heroine today.

"Jianfei, this is the friend you said you wanted to bring. Which unit does she belong to?" Liu Xiaoqing could tell at a glance that Gong Li was from mainland China.

Gong Li did not have any malice towards Liu Xiaoqing, but rather admired her. She introduced herself: "Hello, Miss Liu, my name is Gong Li. I especially like to watch your performances of "Little Flower" and "Three Treasures in Shenzhen/Shenzhen"."

Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, especially Gong Li, who also shows the attitude of a movie fan. Liu Xiaoqing can't turn against her fans, she can only laugh: "Hehe, hello, hello."

"Xiao Li is preparing for the drama exam. In the future, Director Chen and Photographer Zhang will have to take care of one or two." Kang Jianfei said casually.

Gong Li performed well in the professional class of the Chinese Opera Recruitment Exam. With the help of Kang Jianfei, even if the college entrance examination culture class is a few points short, there is no risk of falling out of the list.

Recruitment for today's art schools. It is far less strict than later generations. For example, Gong Li failed to apply for the local art school twice before because she was pushed down by someone through the back door.

"Comrade Gong Li looks very good. At first glance, it is a good material for acting in a movie." Chen Kaige praised.

Gong Li's family are all teachers and teachers, and Yin Dawei, the performance teacher, is only the director of the art troupe. She can be said to be smeared in the film circle. Now that Kang Jianfei introduced her to Brother Chen Kai, Gong Li was speechless with joy, and at the same time felt extremely warm because of Kang Jianfei's thoughtful care.

Kang Jianfei and Chen Kaige had met, and they also drank together at the reception banquet of the Film Bureau. At this time, they met and greeted each other, and then met Zhang Yimou under the recommendation of Chen Kaige.

Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up when he saw Gong Li, but he returned to normal in an instant, and turned his attention to Kang Jianfei: "Hello, Mr. Kang, I have long admired your name! When I was in the "Shushan" crew, I often heard comrades in Hong Kong mention you , all of them are very admirable."

Kang Jianfei shook hands with him and said, "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Zhang helped the crew of "Shushan", thank you for your help."

"I can't help you, I learned a lot from the crew." Zhang Yimou said with a smile.

Seeing that several people were sitting down, Liu Xiaoqing said, "Everyone is here, let's start serving the dishes. The private dishes here are delicious."

Kang Jianfei suddenly said: "There are still a few friends who haven't come, just wait."

Liu Xiaoqing said in amazement, "Is there anyone else?"

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "You know it too."

"Who is it?" Liu Xiaoqing asked.

Kang Jianfei said, "Li Hanxiang, Director Li."

"Li... Hehe, it turned out to be Teacher Li." Liu Xiaoqing's smile was a little embarrassing.

Kang Jianfei was very curious about Liu Xiaoqing's reaction. He felt that Liu Xiaoqing and Li Hanxiang had a good relationship, so he put the two meals together and let Li Hanxiang know and exchange with Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.

But now Liu Xiaoqing's reaction is obviously contradictory with Li Hanxiang, Kang Jianfei is a little confused about the situation.

Brother Chen Kai was very happy, and said, "It's the one who filmed "Burning the Yuanmingyuan" and "The Curtains". I've met him twice, and I haven't had a chance to get to know him well."

Zhang Yimou is just a photographer in his early days. It is very rare to have the opportunity to have dinner with Kang Jianfei. Now he has the opportunity to meet Li Hanxiang, and he is even more looking forward to it.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm late for something!" A voice suddenly came from the door. Several people looked back, but saw Li Hanxiang walking in quickly, with a young beauty behind him.

After Liu Xiaoqing saw the beauty, the smile on his face disappeared completely.

"Uh, is Xiaoqing here?" Li Hanxiang was also surprised to see Liu Xiaoqing, and his expression became embarrassed.

More than a year ago, due to the termination of the filming plan by the China Film Cooperative Company, Li Hanxiang's five major dramas in the late Qing Dynasty were stranded after only two films were made. He, who had originally announced his retirement from directing, heard that the mainland had established a TV drama co-production company, and immediately rekindled his ambition to cooperate with the mainland to prepare "Fire Dragon" in the name of making TV movies.

Due to several bans in Taiwan, no one except leftist filmmakers is willing to invest in Li Hanxiang's films. Under the unsuccessful investment from Yindu Institution, Li Hanxiang found DreamWorks, the upcoming "Fire Dragon". Sixty percent of the investment came from DreamWorks.

Today, Kang Jianfei brought Li Hanxiang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou together for dinner, and it was also to help Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" crew find a good helper. I would like to ask Chen Kaige to be the assistant director of the film, and Zhang Yimou to be the director of photography for the film.

The reason why we need Kang Jianfei's contact is mainly because Li Hanxiang had an unpleasant situation with the Chinese film co-production company, and now the TV drama co-production company we are cooperating with can only find directors, photographers, etc.

Of course, Li Hanxiang can also bring a team from Hong Kong to shoot. However, "Fire Dragon" was jointly invested by New Kunlun and DreamWorks, and the shooting budget was not sufficient. It was too expensive to invite Hong Kong filmmakers to film in the mainland.

As for the unhappiness between Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing, it was because of the casting of "Fire Dragon". Liu Xiaoqing thought that based on her relationship with Li Hanxiang and her own reputation in the country, she would definitely be the heroine of the movie, but Li Hanxiang went to the Emei Film Studio to find Pan Hong to be the heroine.

At this time, the young beauty behind Li Hanxiang was Pan Hong from the Emei Film Studio.

Why is Liu Xiaoqing so eager to take on the show?

The main reason is that the official salary of mainland actors is too low, and there are subsidies and bonuses when filming. The most important thing is that you can take the opportunity to sneak out and make extra money.

The reason why Li Hanxiang abandoned Liu Xiaoqing and turned to Pan Hong was precisely because Liu Xiaoqing spent too much time going out to make money during the filming of "Let the Curtain", and sometimes delayed the filming of the movie. In addition, Liu Xiaoqing was a little bit reluctant to accept the discipline, so Li Hanxiang wanted to find him. An obedient heroine.

Li Hanxiang actually wanted to discipline Liu Xiaoqing when he was filming. But Liu Xiaoqing is too smart. Every time before going out to pick up private work, I have to ask Li Hanxiang to take out the timetable, and then come back according to the time. The most dangerous one arrived a few minutes before shooting began.

Since Liu Xiaoqing has never been late for filming, Li Hanxiang can only endure it again and again, and his dissatisfaction with him can be imagined. He also said "Magnolia hidden in a million troops" to remind Liu Xiaoqing.

At that time, the role played by Liu Xiaoqing was called "Magnolia". Li Hanxiang meant that every movie had to be filmed. I have to go to the crowd to find Liu Xiaoqing, the heroine.

Of course Liu Xiaoqing understood, but in order to make extra money, he was still haunted.

The other actors in the crew had some scruples at first, but seeing that the heroine was so reckless going out to pick up jobs to make money, all of them followed suit. The final result was that every time the filming was about to start, the main actors from the mainland dared to return to the crew from outside and hurriedly put on makeup and preparations, which added a lot of trouble to Li Hanxiang's directing work.

Not only that, Liu Xiaoqing also cried and clamored to improve the meals for all mainland actors. Li Hanxiang had to pay for the money, so it was strange that Li Hanxiang had no opinion on her.

However, Li Hanxiang and Liu Xiaoqing are both good people. At this time, there are outsiders present. After the initial embarrassment, the two soon became chatting and laughing. Those who didn't know they thought they had a good relationship.

After greeting each other, Li Hanxiang introduced the beauties he brought: "This is Miss Pan Hong from Emei Film Studio, she is the heroine of my new film."

Chen Kaige smiled and said: "Comrade Pan Hong, I know, her "The Distressed Smile" was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and the "Cold Night" she starred in was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. ."

The dishes from the private kitchen were served one by one. Except for Liu Xiaoqing, who became more depressed as he ate, everyone else chatted happily.

The topic was turned to Li Hanxiang's new film "Fire Dragon" by Kang Jianfei. He asked, "Director Li, why didn't you bring Ka Fai with you?"

"It's not that fast to shoot," Li Hanxiang said. "I went to the Northeast some time ago, and then I went to Chengdu/Du to invite Xiao Pan. Didn't this just come back to the capital?"

Li Hanxiang went to the Northeast to see the wealthy and noble concubines of the last emperor, and Pan Hong's reputation was not much smaller than that of Liu Xiaoqing, and it was true that Li Hanxiang had to make a trip in person to invite him.

Speaking of the movie, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were very interested. The former asked, "Where is Director Li's "Fire Dragon" going to be filmed?"

"Just outside Xizhimen to shoot." Li Hanxiang pointed to the outside. He wanted to shoot in the palace, but the cost was too high, and the application was difficult, so he could only make do with the scene.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Have Director Chen and Photographer Zhang had any shooting assignments recently?"

Brother Chen Kai said with a smile: "I'm all idle, the factory has insufficient funds, otherwise there's no time to mess around in the capital."

Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to say, "Why don't you two join the crew of "Fire Dragon". Director Li's manpower is in short supply."

Brother Chen Kai could not laugh or cry, why he invited Liu Xiaoqing to ask Kang Jianfei to come out for dinner. It was because he was entrusted by the factory leaders to get some funds from Kang Jianfei, but before he was too embarrassed to speak, he was invited by Kang Jianfei to shoot "Fire Dragon".

"How long does it take to shoot "Fire Dragon"?" Chen Kai asked.

Li Hanxiang said: "It can be finished before the Spring Festival."

Brother Chen Kai wondered: "To be honest, I'm going to make a movie that reflects last year's National Day military parade. This time I came to Mr. Kang for sponsorship."

"Sponsorship? Not investment?" Kang Jianfei asked curiously.

"Well, the film studio's films do not accept overseas investment, but now the funds in the factory are somewhat difficult." Chen Kai said embarrassedly.

Li Hanxiang still knows the domestic film circle very well, and asked: "You Guang/Xi film studios are also big ones, right? How can you have financial difficulties? And even if you don't have money, you can apply for financial support."

Chen Kaige explained: "Now all the funds in the factory have been allocated to film "Blood Battle in Taierzhuang". I said that I wanted to film "Grand Parade". As a result, the factory director told me to find a way to make money."

Kang Jianfei can't help laughing and laughing at this. How can there be such a sponsorship in the world? No investment is allowed, and there is no other income such as advertising. The so-called sponsorship is no different from donations. .

However, the Guang/Xi Film Studio has a lot of film resources, and it is not bad to spend a little money to form a good relationship, not to mention Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou are also worth investing in. Kang Jianfei asked, "How much does it cost?"

"200,000." Chen Kai said cautiously, for fear that he would scare Kang Jianfei away if he said too much.

"Is 200,000 enough?" Kang Jianfei asked.

Brother Chen Kai explained: "Enough is enough. The factory also needs to allocate some funds. And I have contacted the army. The people they send don't need to be paid, and they can manage the meals."

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "That's my personal donation."

"It's a sponsorship," Chen Kai-ge corrected. "Mr. Kang's best sponsorship is in the name of the unit. I will thank you with subtitles at the end of the film."

"Whatever you want." Kang Jianfei said speechlessly. Credits at the end of the credits have a fart. He suddenly thought of the instant noodles he was selling and said, "Then sponsor it in the name of Recreation Foods."

Liu Xiaoqing suddenly interjected in surprise: "It turns out that Kangle instant noodles are made by your company Jianfei."

Kangle instant noodles are already a household name in mainland China, and ham sausages were also made last year. However, due to the emancipation of the mind, the hidden attribute of Chinese cottages has begun to be revealed, and things like instant noodles and ham sausages have no technical content, so people are making them everywhere.

Coupled with the serious local protectionism, if the third son of Ye did not have the sales channels of the national supply and marketing cooperatives, Kangle convenience and ham sausages could not be sold into the local market at all. Even so, the best-selling products of Recreation Food Company can only be sold in provincial capitals across the country, and the markets at the city and county levels are all robbed by local products.

What, do you want to sell instant noodles and ham sausages to every corner of the country?

I'm sorry, we also have an instant noodle factory in **** city, and our workers have to eat. So, go back to where you came from.

Dissatisfied? Then you can sell it. Your instant noodles can't be transported into the city at all, and you will be stopped halfway along the way, and maybe the local army or police/police is setting up the card.

The situation is much better in the South, where the more inland the city, the more local protectionism. Even so, Kangle instant noodles were also driven out in some counties and cities in Guangdong/East. Fortunately, the railway channel still exists.

However, because the products of Kangle Food Company are basically only sold in provincial capitals, and they are beautifully packaged and have unique tastes, they naturally become high-end and atmospheric. Many people go to the provincial capital on business and bring a few packs of instant noodles back to make gifts.

The gossip went too far. After a meal, Kang Jianfei, in the name of Kangle Foods, sponsored 200,000 to Chen Kaige's new film "The Great Parade". At the same time, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou agreed to join Li Hanxiang's "Fire Dragon" crew and help "Fire Dragon". ” brought in some other film crews.

After leaving the private restaurant, Li Hanxiang said happily: "Thank you Mr. Kang this time. Otherwise, after I fell out with the film co-production company, I really don't know how to get a good crew together."

Kang Jianfei said, "Director Li is joking. With your connections in the mainland, you are still worried that you can't find a few people to make movies?"

"It's not the same," Li Hanxiang sighed. "When I was working with a film co-production company in the past, I was able to choose from all the film studios in the mainland, and there were people who took care of various local affairs during the filming. I could even find the army. Come to participate in the cooperation. But now I am cooperating with a TV drama co-production company, their energy is much smaller, and the manpower is easy to find, but it is very difficult to invite people like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. /Please ask Miss Pan. It took a lot of effort."

Pan Hong, who had been talking little, said, "Director Li can't talk nonsense. I'll come to the capital with you as soon as I finish the script."

Li Hanxiang sighed and said, "I would like to thank Miss Pan. She offended the leaders of the crescent film studio in order to make "Fire Dragon" with me."

Kang Jianfei's help to Li Hanxiang was just a little effort. No matter how much "Fire Dragon", DreamWorks accounted for the bulk of the investment, and the actor Liang Jiahui was also an actor that DreamWorks was ready to support.

Li Hanxiang lived near Xizhimen. They were still chatting on the road when a young man suddenly ran over: "Director Li. Antique furniture has been found."

"Oh, take me to have a look." Li Hanxiang suddenly regained his energy and said to Kang Jianfei, "Mr. Kang, why don't we go and have a look together?"

This time, the shooting of "Fire Dragon" was very troublesome, and Li Hanxiang had to solve all kinds of things by himself, such as the various background props that need to be used in the film.

Kang Jianfei was fine anyway, and followed Li Hanxiang for more than ten minutes. He came to an ordinary worker's home.

The worker was called Hou Dewang, and he was in his early twenties. He was very happy to see Li Hanxiang and Kang Jianfei coming. He asked enthusiastically, "I heard that you are going to rent old furniture, how is the rent calculated?"

Li Hanxiang was about to answer when his face changed slightly. He walked to the dining table in the main room, reached out to touch the table, and then asked, "Little Hou, is your table handed down from the family?"

Hou Dewang said: "How could my ancestors buy such good furniture. I heard that it was the clothes of the palace in the past."

Li Hanxiang pretended to be indifferent, looked at the various furniture in several rooms, then picked up a disk in the corner, and said with a smile: "I said Xiaohou, your family is full of good goods. Aren't you afraid of being broken here?"

"It's just a plate. If it falls, it falls." Hou Dewang said generously.

Li Hanxiang said with tears in his eyes, "What a waste of things, these are all good things!"

"You mean these are all antiquities, aren't they very valuable?" Hou Dewang was not stupid.

Li Hanxiang nodded and said, "It's valuable."

Hou Dewang rolled his eyes and said wisely, "If you like it, I'll sell it to you."

Li Hanxiang originally only wanted to rent it for filming, but he didn't expect to be able to do a cultural relic sale again. He happily asked, "Are you willing to sell it to me?"

"If you offer a good price, I will sell it, and you can choose whatever is in the house," Hou Dewang said with a philistine smile on his face. "But I don't want money. I want all foreign exchange coupons. I can buy color TVs and refrigerators at will."

Kang Jianfei suddenly interjected: "No problem, how much do you want?"

"10,000!" After Hou Dewang finished speaking, he felt that he was shouting too high, and changed his words, "For the sake of the two Hong Kong compatriots, I will sell all 8,000!"

Li Hanxiang looked back at Kang Jianfei and smiled tacitly, and said, "Yes, we want all 8,000 yuan."

Hearing this, Hou Dewang was ecstatic, and thought to himself, "What two of you are taking advantage of, you are willing to spend 8,000 yuan for a few tables, chairs, and a few broken plates, and you can still buy rare foreign exchange coupons."

8,000 yuan of foreign exchange vouchers, if Hou Dewang took it to the black market, it could be exchanged for tens of thousands of yuan.

Kang Jianfei didn't know anything about antiques and cultural relics. He just wandered around behind Li Hanxiang, looking for old objects in various rooms.

Kang Jianfei is not short of money, but he is very interested in this kind of antiques, or finds it interesting and fulfilling.

After being busy for a long time, Kang Jianfei took advantage of Hou Dewang's inattentiveness, patted the dining table and asked, "Director Li, what's the situation at this table?"

Li Hanxiang whispered: "Ming Dynasty, Huanghuali."

"I didn't expect Director Li to not only make movies~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but also have a lot of research on antiques." Kang Jianfei praised.

"It's just figuring it out," Li Hanxiang said, touching the table top, and said sadly, "It's a pity that this table has many gaps with knives, and it's a bit disfigured."

Kang Jianfei asked, "How to divide?"

Dividing the spoils is naturally for those who see it, Li Hanxiang asked, "What do you think, Mr. Kang?"

Kang Jianfei said, "I'm not keen on antiques. There's no place for such a large table. I want those small items such as plates, pen holders, flower pots, etc. You can take the rest of the big man, Director Li."

"That's it!" Li Hanxiang said happily, he was still afraid of Kang Jianfei's lion's mouth.

ps:

Li Hanxiang picked up the omission, which has been mentioned in many articles. It seems that the second idiot who sells antiques has regretted it for many years, and has also started the antique business since then.